This is part of the EU Fact File Verdict: OUT – The EU rules are very complicated and favours mainly large companies and penalises SME’s due to complexity. Large businesses are able to move their facilities to Eastern Europe to save on salaries and other costs as proven below. Government procurement seems to be overly […]

This is part of the EU Fact File Verdict: OUT – UK Unemployment increased significantly since joining the EU in 1973. Although some can be blamed on various recessions or bad political decisions the picture is consistent and unemployment has never been back down to 1971 levels since joining the EU. Workers rights seems to […]

This is part of the EU Fact File Verdict: OUT – Because in reality it is just too complicated unless you are one big country (like the US). The paper work is complicated and again benefits large multinationals with a HR department that can help their new employees with the paperwork. Also the lack of […]

This section is not complete yet – but getting closer… This is part of the EU Fact File Verdict: OUT – Sorry I thought this area should be a “IN” for the EU but wherever I have looked so far the result is negative. For instance if we had stuck to the US EPA car […]

This is part of the EU Fact File Verdict: OUT – because EU dictates the use of minimum VAT over national sovereignty and that EU VAT handling  is more complicated than non-EU VAT handling when the EU market is reducing and the non-EU market increasingly has to be accommodated for. VAT and EU: This is […]